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ResearchKirkwood, E. (2009). What Makes for a Sustainable Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Initiative? Bachelor of Health (Hons) degree, Macquarie University. Aus. In this thesis, Australian Master's student Elizabeth Kirkwood evaluates SiRCHESI's ability to build capacity in its NGO activities in Siem Reap. Read thesis (pdf) Lee, H., Pollock, G., Lubek, I., Niemi, S., O'Brien, K., Green, M., Bashir, S., Braun, E., Kros, S., Huot, V., Ma, V., Griffiths, N., Dickson, B., Pring, N., Huon-Ribeil, K.S., Lim, N., Turner, J., Winkler, C., Wong, M.L., van Merode, T., Dy, B.C., Prem, S., Idema, R. (2010). Creating new career pathways to reduce poverty, illiteracy and health risks, while transforming and empowering Cambodian women's lives. Journal of Health Psychology, 157, 982-992. Download the article via Sage online at http://hpq.sagepub.com/content/15/7/982 If your institution does not provide you with free access to the Journal of Health Psychology you will need to save the document as an .exe file in order to access it. Alternatively, read an earlier (before final revisions) version of the article. Lubek, I. (2005) Cambodian 'beer promotion women' and corporate caution, recalcitrance or worse? Psychology of Women Section Review, Vol. 7, no 1 Spring Read (pdf 83KB) Lubek, I., Lee, H, Wong, M. L., van Merode, T., Kros, S., McCourt, M., Schuster (Crocker), J., Pagnutti, T., Ganapathi, S., Cadesky, J., Pollock, G. & Idema, R. (2009) The life of a beer seller in Cambodia—to die for? La vie d’une vendeuse de bière au Cambodge– à mourir? Cahiers du Genre, 45, Abstract (English trans) Lubek, I., and Wong, M.L. (2001) Some unexpected research consequences of a re-engagement with the history of social psychology: Lewian (1946) Action research and the current Cambodian HIV/AIDS crisis. Read HTML version Lubek, I., Wong, M. L, McCourt, M., Chew, K., Dy, B. C., Kros, S., Pen, S., Chit, M., Touch, S., Ngee, T., and Mok, V. (2002) Collaboratively confronting the current Cambodian HIV/AIDS crisis in Siem Reap: a cross disciplinary, cross cultural "participatory action research" project in consultative, community health change. This is a longer version of a paper that appears in Asian Psychologist 3 (1), 21-28 . Read (pdf 906kb) McCourt, M. (2002). A Social Psychological, Grassroots Empowerment Pilot Project for “Beer Girls” (Female Indirect Sex Workers) in Cambodia. University of Guelph. A thesis submitted in completion of the requirements for the degree of Honours Bachelor of Arts. Read. (rtf 816kb) Pollock, G. (2008) A Multi-method Assessment of SiRCHESI's Hotel Apprenticeship Program for Women Formerly Selling Beer in Cambodia. University of Guelph. A thesis submitted in completion of the requirements for the degree of Honours Bachelor of Arts. Download report pdf 636kb and appendices (inc questionnaires) pdf 453kb Schuster, J., et al (2006) Aids, alcohol and violence against women: strategies for reducing workplace health risks to Cambodian beer-selling women, presented at the XVI International Aids Conference, Toronto Canada 13-18 August 2006. Read abstract (pdf 33kb) van Merode, T., Dy, B.c., Kros, S., and Lubek, I., (2006) Antiretrovirals for employees of large companies in Cambodia. The Lancet 05/09/06. This letter is a response to an article published in The Lancet on 5 Aug 2006 (pdf 75kb) which praised Heineken for providing free high active antiretrovirals (HAART) to workers in Africa. van Merode et al call for Heineken to extent its policy to Cambodia. Read the letter. (pdf 35kb) Wong,M. L., Lubek,I., McCourt, M., Dy,B. C., Kros,S. Pen,S., Tra,T. Ou,B. Chhit,M., Touch,S., Em, P. M., Traut, P. and Mok, V. (2004) “You can persuade your men to use condoms 100% of the time”: Transferring HIV/AIDS prevention programs acrosscultural boundaries. In B. Majumdar and R. Pongruengphant (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference : Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children (February 16-21, 2003, Bangkok, Thailand) . Hamilton: McMaster University. Pp. 89-94. Available online www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/slru/ic2003/Wong-Workshop.pdf 123KB |
PresentationsLubek, I. Challenges of Communitarian Health Management: Ethics, Technology and the organization of Effective Interventions. Universitat Autoñoma de Barcelona, Belle Terra, March 5, 2009. View presentation | pages 1-10 (2,512 kb) | pages 11-20 (2,587kb) | pages 21-29 (3,872kb) | pages 30-44 (4,353kb) | pages 45-59 (3,239kb) | pages 60-66 (4,341kb) | pages 67-74 (4,086kb) | Lubek, I., et al. Beer and Women: Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Risk of HIV/AIDS among Cambodian Beer Promotion Women. Universiteit van Leiden, Jan. 26,2005. View presentation PPT file (199,116kb) Lubek, I., Aids, Alcohol & Awareness: Empowering Cambodian Beer Promotion Women to Become Community Health Promotion Workers London School of Economics. Jan 30, 2006. View presentation exe file (5,892kb) Lubek, I., Some Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Risks in Cambodia Carlsberg Headquarters. Copenhagen, Oct 3rd 2006. View presentation exe file (4,716kb) Lubek, I., et al. Combining Alcohol and HIV/AIDS risks in Cambodia. Heineken Headquarters, Amsterdam, 29 Sept 2006. exe file (3,265kb) |
CARE reportsQuinn, I. Selling Beer Safely: A Baseline Survey and Needs Assessment of Beer Promoters in Phnom Penh. Report prepared for CARE, Sept 2003. Read report (pdf 453kb) Bury, L. A Report on the Situation of Beer Promotion Women in the Workplace, Cambodia: Results of a Sexual Harrassment and Abuse Survey. Report prepared for CARE, Read report (pdf 3,133kb) Klinker, C. Selling Beer Safely: A Cambodian Women's Health Initiative Endline Evaluation.Report prepared for CARE, Feb 2005. Read report (pdf 396kb) |
Press reportsBeer Promotion Union formed in Siem Reap The Cambodian Daily, 13 Aug 2010.
Read article online
Interview, June 5th 2010, with
Australia's SBS Radio, in
Khmer, with Sabouraphy Tuy and Ian Lubek, following up the
SiRCHESI Press release (Lubek, 2010) about health and safety of
Cambodian beer sellers (MP3).
Cambodia's female Beer Promoters are HIV Health Risk VOA News, Robert Carmichael, 25 May 2010.
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RTF doc if the online version has expired
Foreign brewers accused of exploitation in Cambodia M & C News, Robert Carmichael, 23 May 2010.
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RTF doc if the online version has expired
Beer Giants ignoring risks to female promoters in Cambodia 20 May 2010. Radio Australia interview with Presenter:
Robert Carmichael, and Speakers: Sharon Wilkinson, country head Care International & Professor Ian Lubek, author of
report University of Guelph, Canada.
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RTF doc if the online version has expired
Beer girls’ underpaid: report Will Baxter Phnom Penh Post Tuesday, 27 April 2010 Read online at the Phnom Penh Post or read a jpg copy of the article (186kb) Utsatt job for Ölflickor Accent (Swedish Magazine), 17 Dec 2009.
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Prof Ian Lubek & SiRCHESI's HIV/AIDS work SBS Radio, 16 May 2009. Radio interview (interviewer: Sabouphary Tuy) with Ian Lubek about his work with NGO SiRCHESI to reduce HIV/AIDS risks in women and children in Siem Reap. To listen to the interview via the SBS website click 'audio highlights' at www.sbs.com.au/khmer It’s not all beer and skittles Victoria Lambert, Geographical Magazine April 09. Read in pdf (122kb) NGO: Bryggerier betaler sulteløn til deres ølpiger (pdf 12kb); Carlsbergs ølpiger bliver fortsat groft chikaneret (pdf 15kb); Carlsbergchef: Ikke godt nok (pdf 14kb) Three articles by SØREN KRAGBALLE appear in the Danish press, 1 July 08 Lanceuses de bière: La Situation n'a pa changé. The Francophone Cambodge Soir, 12 June 2008. Article on the plight of the female beersellers.Read part one in pdf (208 kb) and and also part 2 in pdf (208 kb) Situation of Women Promoting Beer Does Not Improve Cambodge Soir, Thurs, 19 June 2008. Report in Cambodian press about beer sellers "selling sexual services" to make ends meet. Read article online Aussie Union Goes to Bat for Beer Girls, Peter Olszewski. Phnom Penh Post. 16 May 08. This article suggests that the Australian Council of Trade Unions, or ACTU, may take the cause of the hazardous workingplace conditions of the female beersellers to the International Union of Food Workers, based in Geneva. "This is a really important issue and needs national and international exposure to ensure the companies live up to their responsibilities as good employers," the ACTU's international officer, Alison Tate, told the Phnom Penh Post from Melbourne. You can read the full article in the Phnom Penh Post via the Phnom Penh Post or in pdf (15 kb) Biermeisjes bezorgen Heineken hoofdpijn Giel Ten Bosch, Telegraaf. 10 May 08. This article in the Business section of the major Dutch newspaper Telegraaf ran a story on the suppression by Heineken of a Care-report and quoted from that report - the article ends with a Heineken spokeswoman, stating that "the treatment of the Cambodian female beersellers should be viewed in the context of the local culture" , which inspired a reader in the forum of the paper to vow never to drink a Heineken again. Read the Telegraaf article pdf (527kb) or email Louise.b7(at)gmail.com for an english translation. 'Biermeisje' is gevaarlijk beroep,Frits Baltesen en Elske Schouten NRC Handelsblad, 6 Oct 2007. pdf original report in Dutch (1,912kb) © Copyright. English translation. Letter published in response to this article Copy of original Dutch version (260kb) and English translation (7kb) Korean women reject 'drink or be fired culture' Daniel Jeffreys. The Independent World, 16 June 2007. Article online at http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2663166.ece Øl-pigerne fra Cambodja jp dk (Danish newspaper) 10 June 2007. This articles deals with the situation in Cambodia and is online at http://jp.dk/arkiv/?id=964235 Carlsberg: Vi er nede på knæ jp dk (Danish newspaper) 10 June 2007. This article centres on carlsberg and is online at http://jp.dk/arkiv/?id=964230 Nita: Beer promotion girl, Cambodian Blogger, 12 march 2007. Online report at http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/03/12/nita-beer-promotion-girl Beverage Companies Join To Protect Their 'Beer Girls' VOA Khmer, Washington 5 March 2007. Read online at http://www.voanews.com/khmer/2007-03-05-voa4.cfm Carlsberg Promises to Protect Cambodian Beer Girls ScandAsia 18 Dec 2006. Read online at http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?news_id=2936&coun_code=kh or in rtf (12kb) NGO’s: Carlsberg Responsible for Death of Cambodian Laborers ScandAsia 29 Nov 2006. Read online at http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?news_id=2877 or in rtf (13kb) After Praise, Now Critique for Heineken Translation from Dutch De Financinle Telegraaf 25 Oct 2006, pT19. Read in RTF (16kb) Read original Dutch article (RTF which contains photo of article 18,821 kb) ACTU looks to help Asian beer sales girls ABC News May 27, 2006 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1648820.htm CAMBODIA: Beer Firms Need to Do More
for
Women Promoters. View online version
http://www.newsmekong.org/node/230/print or
read in rtf (14kb) De biermeisjes van Inbev
Trouw and De Telegraaf, 25 Oct 2006. Read original article
http://www.express.be/zint/dvp_articles.NewsDetail?IdA=2326&TypeA=ZWIJGER
or an
English translation (rtf 18kb) Breweries under fire for 'Beer and
Flesh'
trade. Tanya Fong. The Strait Times, 12 March 2004.
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214 KB Dutch
newspaper NRC Handelsblad articles about Cambodian (F, J., van Luyn)
and Chinese (G van Pinxteren) beer promotion women. 'Beer wenches' spark alcohol abuse
fears.
10/11/2003 ABC News Online www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s985524.htm
The New South Wales Government is warning of a
crackdown on businesses that hire women to purchase alcoholic drinks
for their patrons during major sporting events. A timebomb is ticking in Cambodia.
Aids is
spreading fast. Cause: Cambodian sexual attitudes. "Married women
aren't just that pretty, compared to prostitutes." Robert
Giebels - NRC Handelsblad, August 19 2003, p.4 Beer Girls: Pretty girls in short dresses
have been selling beer for
Carlsberg and Ceres in Cambodia for years. The pay is lousy and the
girls are desperate to make enough money. One out of two sell
themselves to the customers after work. One out of five has HIV.
Hanne
Mrlby Henriksen, Phnom Penh, Politiken 10 august 2003, 1. sektion, side
1. Read
HTML file Promotiemeisjes /
Biertje? Promotion girls/beer? Joop Bouma,
Trouw, 23 May 2003. 'Ethical beer' campaign to target
Western
drinkers Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, Phnom Penh Post, Issue
12/07, March 28 - April 10, 2003. AIDS IN ASIA: The Continent's
Growing
Crisis/WORKERS
AT RISK/Cambodian 'beer girls' add to HIV epidemic - activists say
brewers must get involved.
Richard Sine, Chronicle Foreign Service. Weds, January 15, 2003. CAMBODIA: Siem Reap's "Beer Girls"
yet to be
educated about HIV-AIDS: Asia Pacific programs interview with Prof Ian
Lubek. Presenter/Interviewer: Tricia Fitzgerald. 12/04/02. One Canadian's dedication to AIDS
education
MICHELE LANDSBERG
Toronto Star, Nov. 17, 2002., p. A2 The cost of living: Research
suggests more
beer girls are being forced by poverty to provide clients with sex. But
figures showing that one in five are HIV positive raise the question of
responsibility.
Bill Bainbridge and Lon Nara. Phnom Penh Post, vol. 11, num. 14. July
19 - Aug 1, 2002. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Yun Nit fled
an
abusive husband and a barren province to look for work in the capital,
and at first it looked as if she had landed a decent job.
Richard Sine, Boston Globe Correspondent, 9/22/2002 p A8. Bar Code: Cambodia's 'Beer Girls'
Peddle the Product and Endure the Hassle: Refugee From the Ricefields
Learns Job Often
Leads To After-Hours Paid Sex - Sometimes, a Deadly Result
Samantha Marshall and Steve Stecklow. The Wall Street Journal, May
31, 2000. Cambodia Fears Trouble's Brewing With 'Beer Girls' Anya Schiffrin, LA Times. August 27, 1998. Read article online via the LA Times Girls at the front line keep the amber liquid flowing Elisabeth Pisani. Asia Times. 23 may 2006. Article online at http://www.ternyata.org/journalism/features/cambodia_beer.html |
SiRCHESI NewslettersSiRCHESI (Siem Reap Citizens for Health, Educational
and Social Issues) produce annual newsletters. Read newsletters for:
2010 For more information abt SiRCHESI visit their website at www.angkorwatngo.com |
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